VanderPlas says winning’s better from the bench

Neither winning back-to-back state basketball titles, nor playing in the NCAA basketball tournament, can top the thrill of coaching the Ripon boys to the WIAA sectionals, says former UW-Green Bay basketball player Dean VanderPlas, Class of ‘92. “To experience this through the eyes of 15-, 16-, 17-, and 18-year-olds, it’s incredible, much better than as a player,” VanderPlas told the Sheboygan Press: read more.